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Monday, 2 January 2017

Prepare Your Heart

I don't get too excited when God gives me a word anymore. In fact, I become anxious. Lol. I have come to know that when God says something is coming, it might take a week, a month or a year to see it come to pass (or to fully understand it). And that period of waiting can be such a long, tough one.

Prepare Your Heart

2016 taught me a whole lot about waiting for the manifestation of a Word.

I grew in the knowledge of patience, faith and love. I can't even tell you how much pruning and cleaning and re-pruning my heart went through. Ah!

When God gave me the word "GLORY" for 2016, what I had in mind was way different from what God did.

Glory is quite an interesting word and can mean different things depending on the season you are in.

Luke 2:9 - An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

John 8:50 - I am not seeking glory for myself; but there is one who seeks it, and he is the judge.

John 1:14 - The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

1Peter 5:10 - And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ.

Now let's look on Colossians 1:27. What is ‘the hope of glory’ in this context? So many meanings!

A. The hope of shining brightly
B. The hope of being with God in heaven
C. The hope of displaying the nature and character of God
D. The hope of being praised, celebrated and thought of as something great

Well! Which one would you choose? Very clearly we all love D. I wanted D too. But I got C!

God's glory changes you. It brings about a change in every area of your life - career, relationship, finance, business, etc.

Talking about change, have you read my current Relationship Goals? That's some growth right there!

2016 was indeed a year of basking in God's Glory. I look back and I smile. :)

For as many that were on that ride with me through this blog, I hope you got a glimpse of the glory. Yeah?

Oh, I think I should share a blast from the past for those who will be joining me in this new year. Here are my